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. >> senator john mccain joins me now. you said you are going to block susan rice's nomination if president obama nominates her. her supporters say she was repeating the assessment she had been given about the benghazi attack. a spokesperson confirmed that they confirmed the attack and later the assessment changed do you not believe that? >> well first of all, talking points came from the white house not from the dmi. it was obvious within the 24 hours that the station chief from the cia had said that this was a terrorist attack. it was obvious to one and all that this was not a quote spontaneous demonstration because in realtime, they saw that there was no demonstration. ms. rise, i hope, saw ambassador rise, i hope, saw when i was on "face the nation" that immediately after she spoke, the head of the national assembly said it was an al qaeda attack. every one new that. and she continued to tell the world through all the talkshows that, that it was a quote spontaneous demonstration sparked by a video. that is not competen
. >> senator john mccain joins me now. you said you are going to block susan rice's nomination if president obama nominates her. her supporters say she was repeating the assessment she had been given about the benghazi attack. a spokesperson confirmed that they confirmed the attack and later the assessment changed do you not believe that? >> well first of all, talking points came from the white house not from the dmi. it was obvious within the 24 hours that the station chief from...
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i hope it dissipates soon. >> senator john mccain joins me now. senator, you said today you plan to do everything in your power to block susan rice's nomination to be secretary of state if president obama nominates her. supporters say she was simply repeating the earlier assessment about the benghazi attack. a spokesperson confirmed in late september that we disseminated the information, and it was only later the intelligence assessment changed. do you not believe the dni? >> well, first of all, talking points came from the white house, not from the dni. but, second of all, it was obvious within 24 hours that the station chief from the cia said this was a terrorist attack. obvious to one and all that this was not a "spontaneous demonstration." in real time, they saw there was no demonstration. the -- ms. rice, i hope saw am -- ambassador rice i hope saw that immediately after she spoke, the head of the libyan national assembly, the president of it, said this was an al qaeda attack. everybody knew it was an al qaeda attack, and she continued to tel
i hope it dissipates soon. >> senator john mccain joins me now. senator, you said today you plan to do everything in your power to block susan rice's nomination to be secretary of state if president obama nominates her. supporters say she was simply repeating the earlier assessment about the benghazi attack. a spokesperson confirmed in late september that we disseminated the information, and it was only later the intelligence assessment changed. do you not believe the dni? >> well,...
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i'll talk to senator john mccain in a minute. >>> in new york city, president obama meets with storm survivors where more than 25,000 households are still without power. more than two weeks after super storm sandy hit. >>> we begin with the big story. the latest on the benghazi hearings. joining me is pentagon correspondent barbara starr and intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. welcome to you both. barbara, this is really fascinating me. so general petraeus who has been at the center of this huge scandal tomorrow morning will testify at a congressional hearing about benghazi, and your information from a very good source, i think is really, really significant. it's basically, i have been listening to you for the last couple of hours, petraeus basically says he knew the moment this happened that it was a group called answar al sharia and that after that there was a stream of other intelligence saying it may be linked to the video we all knew about but his belief was always that it was this group and they had to rule out the other intelligence before they could officially confirm i
i'll talk to senator john mccain in a minute. >>> in new york city, president obama meets with storm survivors where more than 25,000 households are still without power. more than two weeks after super storm sandy hit. >>> we begin with the big story. the latest on the benghazi hearings. joining me is pentagon correspondent barbara starr and intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. welcome to you both. barbara, this is really fascinating me. so general petraeus who has been...
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they favor john kerry as the next secretary of state. they work well with him, and they think he has the requisite experience. i don't think that it has to do with her womanhood, but goes down to the confidence question. this is shaping up as a very nasty fight. it could get quite personal. it could go mano-o-mano. it is very personal. we are trying to create a sense of bipartisanship to get this calmed down. what the president needs to do, i think, is to have some quiet emissaries up on capitol hill to see if he has the votes to beat a filibuster, and i think she would have to do some private rounds that will help a lot in defusing this. >> a lot of talk about the impending fiscal cliff. congressional leaders headed to the white house for the high-level talks on this. did you hear anything that sounded like a compromise? >> no, not today. and this is not to say we won't. but, look, this is a president that clearly feels that he's got a lot of leverage now. and while i --i heard that in the president today and what he was doing was essen
they favor john kerry as the next secretary of state. they work well with him, and they think he has the requisite experience. i don't think that it has to do with her womanhood, but goes down to the confidence question. this is shaping up as a very nasty fight. it could get quite personal. it could go mano-o-mano. it is very personal. we are trying to create a sense of bipartisanship to get this calmed down. what the president needs to do, i think, is to have some quiet emissaries up on...
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senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so many of these stories are interconnected. there is a lot of reporting. not all confirmed, but u maybe just start with this. how has this matter worked out that general petraeus will indeed show up on capitol hill and testify voluntarily? >> well, it started with the senate intelligence chairwoman, dianne feinstein telling us yesterday that that was her desire. in her words, that's a big stone left unturned if petraeus doesn't come up here and tell members of congress what he knew about what went on in benghazi, so that's where it started. then late yesterday, members of the senate intelligence committee met and decided it was imperative to invite him. dianne feinstein told our ted barrett that
senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so many of these stories are interconnected. there is a lot of reporting. not all confirmed, but u maybe...
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also came after ambassador rice's appearance on the sunday shows, where she is now being grilled by john mccain and others. i'm talking to him in a few minutes. so it's very significant i think what general petraeus believed at the time. it does beg a belief, really, why would ambassador rice go on national television, having had a briefing we believe from the cia, which turned out to be flawed if the director of the cia right away knew this was an al qaeda affiliated group? >> yeah, you know, it's washington, isn't it. i mean, you know, the theory, what petraeus is expected to talk about is he had his talking points. he got them declassified, approved to go out there in public. when ambassador rice started talking from her talking points, this included other information that wasn't exactly what the cia thought might be really going on. i think some members of capitol hill have brought it down to this point, was the obama administration incredibly incompetent or did they mislead congress, or did they just simply not know. probably it's a little bit of all three. >> let's turn to suzanne
also came after ambassador rice's appearance on the sunday shows, where she is now being grilled by john mccain and others. i'm talking to him in a few minutes. so it's very significant i think what general petraeus believed at the time. it does beg a belief, really, why would ambassador rice go on national television, having had a briefing we believe from the cia, which turned out to be flawed if the director of the cia right away knew this was an al qaeda affiliated group? >> yeah, you...
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and i have great respect for john mccain and lindsey graham, because i consider them friend, and they are right this needs to be investigated 100%, and very, very serious, but it is different from saying that there was an intentional misrepresentation, and i don't understand attacking ms. rice, the ambassador who was telling the truth that she believed at that time which turned out to the be wrong. >> and on the anderson cooper's show, it was very similar circumstances with wmds and that had more catastrophic circumstances you could say. so it is a rocky path to whom you are going to choose to defend and not defend is serious. >>> the judgment to put ambassador rice on the television shows without having all of the facts was a judgment that the white house made and president obama has it right if there was a criticism to be made, it was in the judgment in retrospect, but certainly, i don't understand impugning the sincerity for doing what ambassador rice is there to do and speaking what she was told to say. >> and someone who obviously operated with president clinton through a very we
and i have great respect for john mccain and lindsey graham, because i consider them friend, and they are right this needs to be investigated 100%, and very, very serious, but it is different from saying that there was an intentional misrepresentation, and i don't understand attacking ms. rice, the ambassador who was telling the truth that she believed at that time which turned out to the be wrong. >> and on the anderson cooper's show, it was very similar circumstances with wmds and that...
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. >> or as john mccain would have it, had a very strong opinion we are defeating al qaeda has not helped if it looks like al qaeda resurge en resurgence. >> without question as somebody who is covering the story in the months leading up to the election, it was so politicized with the white house and the administration because they thought every word they said would be twisted and attacked. and they didn't want to interfere and republican ares putting out conspiracy theories some not rooted in facts or evidence it was tough to report on this. >>l the untold story of america valor more about the people on the ground doing the hard stuff on the country. good to see you. >> coming up next. taking on tonight's big stories. why would they want to kill their dog? >> can't wait to hear this excuse. ♪ [ gordon ] for some this line is a convenience. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join me, aarp, and aarp foundation
. >> or as john mccain would have it, had a very strong opinion we are defeating al qaeda has not helped if it looks like al qaeda resurge en resurgence. >> without question as somebody who is covering the story in the months leading up to the election, it was so politicized with the white house and the administration because they thought every word they said would be twisted and attacked. and they didn't want to interfere and republican ares putting out conspiracy theories some not...
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john mccain and lindsey graham, at his news conference in washington. senators graham and mccain said today that they would block the president's u.n. ambassador susan rice from being confirmed as u.s. secretary of state if she were to be nominated. to that position, so let's listen in. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> jessica yellin, chief white house correspondent, was there, and, jessica, was its wiit was placid news conference. however, this particular question really seemed to hit a nerve with the president. >> reporter: yes. he got very emotional on this answer. look, the white house feels that in general the attacks on ambassador rice are unfair, even dishonest in a sense because it has been their point all along that she was
john mccain and lindsey graham, at his news conference in washington. senators graham and mccain said today that they would block the president's u.n. ambassador susan rice from being confirmed as u.s. secretary of state if she were to be nominated. to that position, so let's listen in. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had...
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joe johns in washington, thanks so much. >>> all right. still ahead, president barack obama meeting with sandy victims. patience runs out in the northeast. >>> we are learning of charges against a couple of bp employees now over the gulf oil spill. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> new details today in the oil rig disaster that cost oil giant bp billions. attorney general eric holder announced last hour that two bp officials are each charged with 22 counts of manslaughter, a third official charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the worst oil spill in history and the punishment doesn't stop there. bp will pay a record $4.5 billion fine to settle criminal charges. an explosion on bp's oil rig in the gulf of mexico killed 11 people in april of 201
joe johns in washington, thanks so much. >>> all right. still ahead, president barack obama meeting with sandy victims. patience runs out in the northeast. >>> we are learning of charges against a couple of bp employees now over the gulf oil spill. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global...
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it prompted a strong response from president obama and you'll hear from senator john mccain, who's a guest on the program. also in the president's news conference today, questions about the investigations in the affair that forced the resignation of david petraeus. new information still coming out. we'll bring you that and our ininvestigation into the dr. kelley cancer foundation that raised $157,000 in contributions and spent the same amount on expenses. no record of cancer research or care. >> our fifth story "outfront", susan rice, the lightening rod. president obama fiercely defended his u.n. ambassador today after republicans threatened to block her possible nomination for secretary of state. senators including john mccain and lindsey graham say what led americans surrounded the attacks in benghazi. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi? and was simply making a presentation based on inte
it prompted a strong response from president obama and you'll hear from senator john mccain, who's a guest on the program. also in the president's news conference today, questions about the investigations in the affair that forced the resignation of david petraeus. new information still coming out. we'll bring you that and our ininvestigation into the dr. kelley cancer foundation that raised $157,000 in contributions and spent the same amount on expenses. no record of cancer research or care....
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john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara starr is trying to sort this out for us. it is rather complicated, what's the latest you're getting? >> it is still the same fundamental question for the last 2
john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin...
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john? >> ben wedeman, things showing no signs of letting up right now in the region. >>> a parade honoring veterans ends in tragedy in midland, texas. four people were killed when a train slammed into a float packed with veterans and their spouses yesterday. dozens of other people were taken to the hospital yesterday. we don't know what caused this crash. the train's lights and horns were working and the train sounded before the crash. >>> over ravaged neighborhoods in queens and staten island yesterday. the president assigned a new point person for the sandy recovery effort, new yorker sean donovan of housing and urban development. >>> another prominent republican is ripping mitt romney. new mexico governor susanna martinez says his claims that he won the election by giving gifts to young and minority voters sets back the republican party. she went on saying her party has to start electing people who look like their communities. we have to make them part of the solution. and the way you do
john? >> ben wedeman, things showing no signs of letting up right now in the region. >>> a parade honoring veterans ends in tragedy in midland, texas. four people were killed when a train slammed into a float packed with veterans and their spouses yesterday. dozens of other people were taken to the hospital yesterday. we don't know what caused this crash. the train's lights and horns were working and the train sounded before the crash. >>> over ravaged neighborhoods in...
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and "early start" co-anchor, john berman. worry talking about president obama, who seems prepared to fight on a couple of critical fronts right now, during his very first news conference since he won re-election. drawing what seemed to be a pretty red line for republicans, first one on taxes and the fiscal cliff. >> when i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we could afford and, according to economists, will have the loeea positive impact on our economy. >> he also wanted republicans to be aware he is supporting u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice. she, initially, of course, said the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi began as a spontaneous protest. because of that, two top-ranking republicans are promising to skudle any nomination if she, in fact, is picked as being the next secretary of state. with that, the president was very annoyed. here is what he said about that. >> if senator mcand senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me.
and "early start" co-anchor, john berman. worry talking about president obama, who seems prepared to fight on a couple of critical fronts right now, during his very first news conference since he won re-election. drawing what seemed to be a pretty red line for republicans, first one on taxes and the fiscal cliff. >> when i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we could afford and, according to economists, will have the loeea positive impact on...
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>> reporter: morning, john. a lot of people talking about the comment by the prime minister there, bonkers, and it got quite a chuckle, however, this is an extremely serious matter as everybody, especially on this island knows. the island is the island john macafee lives on or the island, greg falls, died. it is his death that seems to be overlooked in the effort to find mcafee. they have not had a single sighting of mcafee since he went into hiding which is hard to imagine since he has been public in all of the communication he's had outside of this country. not a single person reported seeing him. this island is relatively small, about 10,000 people and yet he's managed to stay hidden. they believe he is here. they just don't know exactly where he is. don't you track his phone conversations? they say they're not sure how he's getting out, if he's using a cell phone or land line. basically they're very frustrated. as you already heard from the prime minister, they think his mental state of mind is a real proble
>> reporter: morning, john. a lot of people talking about the comment by the prime minister there, bonkers, and it got quite a chuckle, however, this is an extremely serious matter as everybody, especially on this island knows. the island is the island john macafee lives on or the island, greg falls, died. it is his death that seems to be overlooked in the effort to find mcafee. they have not had a single sighting of mcafee since he went into hiding which is hard to imagine since he has...
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>> john allen, wolf, still under investigation. a new characterization of the e-mails he may have sent to jill kelley now known as the other-other woman. nic patton-walsh reporting he got information in the spring from the handle potentially threatening e-mail that allen saw he forwarded to jill kelley and that is somewhat of what set all of this off. what are in those allen e-mails? officials are telling us it's embarrassing. that john allen, the commander of the war in afghanistan would be very embarrassed if his wife saw those e-mails. the problem may be here the investigators, everybody's got a different interpretation of what's embarrassing, what's over the line, were they just a little inappropriate or did they cross the line? that's the question, wolf. >> lots of questions on that front as well. meanwhile, his nomination to become the supreme ally commander in europe, the nato top commander, that is on hold. barbara, thank you. >>> meanwhile, amidst all of this israel is striking gaza with deadly force killing a hamas milita
>> john allen, wolf, still under investigation. a new characterization of the e-mails he may have sent to jill kelley now known as the other-other woman. nic patton-walsh reporting he got information in the spring from the handle potentially threatening e-mail that allen saw he forwarded to jill kelley and that is somewhat of what set all of this off. what are in those allen e-mails? officials are telling us it's embarrassing. that john allen, the commander of the war in afghanistan would...
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. >> i want to ask you something about john mccain. i don't know if you're aware of this, but he along with several other republicans did not attend the hearing today, but he's blood pressure vocal on this issue. a cnn producer skz him, by the way, instead of coming, he was holding a press conference calling for a separate investigation into benghazi, so a cnn producer asked why he didn't go to the hearing and here's what he said -- >> not going to comment on how i spend my time. >> is john mccain being too political? >> well, look, first of all, that was yesterday. and yesterday was a closed session of the intelligence committee. today was the hearing and today was where the director of national intelligence, the head of the counterintelligence agency, the cia, fbi, state department, they were there and john mccain was at that hearing. >> so you feel any criticism of him is unfair. people have been picking on him for this, sounds like you're depending him. >> john said he had a scheduling conflict and i'll take him at his word. >> you
. >> i want to ask you something about john mccain. i don't know if you're aware of this, but he along with several other republicans did not attend the hearing today, but he's blood pressure vocal on this issue. a cnn producer skz him, by the way, instead of coming, he was holding a press conference calling for a separate investigation into benghazi, so a cnn producer asked why he didn't go to the hearing and here's what he said -- >> not going to comment on how i spend my time....
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it was john mccain and his friend lindsey graham vowing to block u.n. ambassador susan rice is she is nominated by the president to be the n-secretary of state. graham said he doesn't trust her because she went on tv after the attack at the u.s. consulate with information he says simply turned out to be false. >> something else i want to ask you about. there are three separate hearings going on on the issue of benghazi. yet, senators mccain and lindsey graham want a watergate style select committee hearing on this affair. what is that, and is it likely to happen? >> they're saying there are too many different committees and disparate committees investigating. they call it stove piping and they want it to be all consolidated into one special select committee. watergate was an example. they also give the example of the 9/11 commission. is that likely to happen? the answer at this point is likely no because even the top republican in congress, house speaker john boehner yesterday threw cold water on it saying he doesn't think it's necessary and the top dem
it was john mccain and his friend lindsey graham vowing to block u.n. ambassador susan rice is she is nominated by the president to be the n-secretary of state. graham said he doesn't trust her because she went on tv after the attack at the u.s. consulate with information he says simply turned out to be false. >> something else i want to ask you about. there are three separate hearings going on on the issue of benghazi. yet, senators mccain and lindsey graham want a watergate style select...
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thanks very much, joe johns reporting. lawmakers have less than two months to figure out a deal to avoid sending the country over the so-called fiscal cliff. so what does it mean for you and your savings if they don't? lisa's back with details when we come back. >>> this right here in this spot, this forest, on this branch, with these mosses is where i feel most at home. my enthusiasm in spreading this is because, you know, like a religious evangelist, if you know you have the truth, you want to make sure everybody has it. >> it's not for the faint of heart climbing up in these big trees. she's got boon for science and a boon for science education. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta. this sunday on the next list queen of the tree tops. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. ♪ make it worth watching. ♪ the new 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new pursuit. riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my bla
thanks very much, joe johns reporting. lawmakers have less than two months to figure out a deal to avoid sending the country over the so-called fiscal cliff. so what does it mean for you and your savings if they don't? lisa's back with details when we come back. >>> this right here in this spot, this forest, on this branch, with these mosses is where i feel most at home. my enthusiasm in spreading this is because, you know, like a religious evangelist, if you know you have the truth,...
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. >> so one of the administration's toughest critics on benghazi obviously has been senator john mccain. we talked to him last night. he was pretty upset when he encountered one of our colleagues today at the capitol. what happened? >> reporter: the back story is senator mccain, as you said, is really out there trying to get watergate style committee hearings in order to root out the details of what really went on in benghazi. it turns out when he was having a press conference to call for that, he was missing a closed door hearing on this very issue, on benghazi. so ted barrett tried to ask him about that, about why he missed it. didn't go so well. take a listen. >> i'm not going to comment on my schedule and how i spend my time to the media. i will not -- i have no further comment. i have no further comment. i have no further comment. how many times do i have to comment? as a senator, i have no comment. who the hell are you to tell me? >> reporter: mccain's office did give us an answer later in the day that it was a scheduling error. that's the reason why he didn't attend that particul
. >> so one of the administration's toughest critics on benghazi obviously has been senator john mccain. we talked to him last night. he was pretty upset when he encountered one of our colleagues today at the capitol. what happened? >> reporter: the back story is senator mccain, as you said, is really out there trying to get watergate style committee hearings in order to root out the details of what really went on in benghazi. it turns out when he was having a press conference to...
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republicans, john mccain and lindsey graham and others pushing very, very hard now, getting very vicious in their rhetoric toward ambassador rice and so on. what do you think, at the central plank of this do you believe ambassador rice is at fault or is she as barack obama said, she was merely passion on intelligence? she was not a key player in all of this, therefore, if he wants to make her secretary of state, he can do it. what do you think? >> first of all, i was substituting for george stephanopoulos that sunday as host of "this week." we were trying to get secretary of state hillary clinton, all of the shows were trying to get secretary of state hillary clinton to talk about benghazi. for whatever reason, she accident go out them put out dr. susan rice are the u.n. ambassador. very interesting that today, president obama says, you know, susan rice had nothing to do with benghazi, i don't know what she was doing on the show. >> didn't she make her safe key player or a person put up by the administration to launch the defense. she could have said, we believe there are a number of pos
republicans, john mccain and lindsey graham and others pushing very, very hard now, getting very vicious in their rhetoric toward ambassador rice and so on. what do you think, at the central plank of this do you believe ambassador rice is at fault or is she as barack obama said, she was merely passion on intelligence? she was not a key player in all of this, therefore, if he wants to make her secretary of state, he can do it. what do you think? >> first of all, i was substituting for...
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obviously, the scandal involving the former cia director general david petraeus and general allen, john allen. secretary of defense leon panetta has jumped into all of this, ordering an ethics training for generals to be reviewed here. do you think, first of all, that that is the right way to go? do you think that's an adequate response at this time? you have been a general 30 years in the military. is this kind of review helpful? >> it is, suzanne. every time the military has a challenge that demonstrates a weakness in one of those elements that would -- that we would call foundational to the success of the military, you have to take what's called a stand-down or a review. you spend time focussing very narrowly and deeply on one particular vertical and in this case it's values. we not only have this issue with dave petraeus and toe poe teshlly john allen, but the defendant defense just demoted general kip ward from his four stars to three stars. we have a four star that acted with indiscretion apparently for some time at fort bragg. we have ae three star -- there are multiple examples
obviously, the scandal involving the former cia director general david petraeus and general allen, john allen. secretary of defense leon panetta has jumped into all of this, ordering an ethics training for generals to be reviewed here. do you think, first of all, that that is the right way to go? do you think that's an adequate response at this time? you have been a general 30 years in the military. is this kind of review helpful? >> it is, suzanne. every time the military has a challenge...
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that includes one of the most vocal critics, senator john mccain. at the time of the briefing mccain was holding a press conference to demand a watergate style investigation into, you guessed it, benghazi. a cnn producer asked him why he missed that meeting, and mccain went off. >> i have no comments about my schedule and i'm not going to comment on how i spend my time to the media. >> i mean, is there -- >> no further comment. >> is there a legitimate -- >> i have no further comment. how many times do i have to comment? why can't i? because i have the right as a senator i have to comment and who the hell are you to tell me -- >> last night on cnn senator mccain explained that outburst to piers morgan. >> the thing amusing about it is it is not a big deal and he said -- i said i have no comment and he said you can't have no comment. i said what? i can't have no comment? since when? look, these back and forth things happen. these guys follow you around. reporters follow you around and they have their job to do and sometimes i am nice to them and some
that includes one of the most vocal critics, senator john mccain. at the time of the briefing mccain was holding a press conference to demand a watergate style investigation into, you guessed it, benghazi. a cnn producer asked him why he missed that meeting, and mccain went off. >> i have no comments about my schedule and i'm not going to comment on how i spend my time to the media. >> i mean, is there -- >> no further comment. >> is there a legitimate -- >> i have...
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general john allen is under military investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to kelly. allen is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan who is nominated to become nato's supreme commander. he has denied any wrong doing. >>> well, this is supposed to be his time to shine, and now only after a week after the re-election he has his hands full, of course, with the scandal as well. how is it going to, if it is, going to overshadow his initiatives? we'll ask our own fareed zakaria up next. oh, let me guess --ou see this? more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a litt
general john allen is under military investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to kelly. allen is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan who is nominated to become nato's supreme commander. he has denied any wrong doing. >>> well, this is supposed to be his time to shine, and now only after a week after the re-election he has his hands full, of course, with the scandal as well. how is it going to, if it is, going to overshadow his initiatives? we'll ask our own fareed...
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i'm john berman. >> nice to see you. i'm zonaida sambolin. >>> the i realsraelis pounding targets while palestinian militants continue to launch rockets into israel. israel calls up reservists in preparation for war. >> ben joins us by phone this morning. egypt's prime minister paid a visit to gaza. somehow that going so far? >> well, it was originally planned it would be a three-hour cease fire while the egyptian prime minister was making this visit to gaza. according to our sources, it doesn't appear either side significantly reduced their level of military activity in gaza. certainly before the sun came up there was an intense air attack on gaza itself. it may have been lessened somewhat in the morning while the prime minister was touring gaza. but after he's gone, it's expected to get back to the same pace. >> there are elections coming up not too long from now in israel. palestinians are saying that may be part of the impetus for israel to be taking action. >> certainly this is what you hear oftentimes. tc it was th
i'm john berman. >> nice to see you. i'm zonaida sambolin. >>> the i realsraelis pounding targets while palestinian militants continue to launch rockets into israel. israel calls up reservists in preparation for war. >> ben joins us by phone this morning. egypt's prime minister paid a visit to gaza. somehow that going so far? >> well, it was originally planned it would be a three-hour cease fire while the egyptian prime minister was making this visit to gaza....
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let's bring in our chief white house correspondent john king. the president's in a tough position right now whachlt can he effectively do? >> not a lot. in the sense as the administration saying israel has every right to defend itself. what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would retaliate. you know the language this has happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea u please don't let the situation spiral more out of control. there's the urgent short-term challenge which is why the president is reaching out to egypt, israel, turkey. and longer term challenges the president starts now moves into a second term, there will be more and more pressure for him to get actively involved in trying to turn down the temperature, try to recreate some sort of a peace process in the middle east at a time when he wants to move onto a second term, he'd like to turn his view of the world away from the middle east to asia and elsewhere and ne
let's bring in our chief white house correspondent john king. the president's in a tough position right now whachlt can he effectively do? >> not a lot. in the sense as the administration saying israel has every right to defend itself. what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would retaliate. you know the language this has happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea...